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WARREN T. KELLOGG,

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lMPRovEMENT IN Guam-comes.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,753, dated May 4,1875; application filed September 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WARREN T. KELLOGG, of Troy, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented a certain Improvement inCurry-Combs, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to that class of currycombs which are provided onthe back with a folding mane-comb; and my improvement consists incombining such folding mane-comb with the knockers of the curry-comb insuch a manner that both separate bea-rings and separate pivots or journals are dispensed with, both for the purpose of simplifying theconstruction and connection of these parts, and adding strength to thecomb along the line of strain caused by the blows on the knockers instrikingl the comb against a fixed object to clear its teeth.

1n the annexed drawings, Figure 1" is a perspective view, showing theback of my improved combined curry and mane comb. Fig.

2 is a detail view, in perspective, of one of the.

knockers, showing its under side as it appears before its application tothe combframe.

The same letters of reference are employed in both figures in thedesignation of identical parts.

The curry-comb proper, marked A, may be of any preferred or approvedpattern. The example illustrated consists of a sheetmetal plate back,bent down on either side, and serrated along the side edges to forin theeXterior toothbars, the intermediate tooth-bars being of nfshape, andriveted to the sheetmetal back. The handle B is secured upon a shank, b,riveted to a triangular plate, C, which is, in turn, riveted to thesheet-metal back of the comb. The knockers D, made preferably ofmalleable cast-iron, have the form clearly shown in Fig. A2, and do not,in this respect, materially differ from the kind heretofore employed onthis class of currycombs, except that each is provided with a bearing,d, on its side, open at one end, and closed by a head, di, at the otherend.

The bearings of a pair of knockers are necessarily arranged right-handedand left-handed, respectively, in order to bring them in line with eachother when the knockers are applied to the back of the curry-comb, inthe manner clearly shown in Fig. l. These bearings receive the journalsof the mane-comb E, which is capable of being folded down 011 the backof the curry-comb in one direction; but has a broad-faced tooth-bar, asusual, to prevent its turning beyond a perpendicular to the back of thecurry-comb in the opposite direction. A

Thejournals of the mane-comb are formed upon and constitute a part ofthe base-bar of the same, projecting from either end thereof. In thusholding the mane-comb in position by and forming bearings for thejournals forming integral parts of the same in the knoekers, simplifiesthe construction of this class of combined curry and mane combs to theeX- tcnt of dispensing with extra bearing for the mane-comb and eXtrarivets for securing such bearings, aswell as obvia-ting the necessity ofusing separate pivots, heretofore always employed where the knockershave been combined with the inane-comb; and, besides, additionalstrength is imparted to the curryconib by reason of this combination ofthe knockers and the mane-comb along a line where strength is moreparticularly wanted.

I prefer the particular manner shown of constructing and combining theknockers with the mane-comb; but this may be considerably varied as tothe form of the knockers, and the shape and location of the bearings,without departing from the principle of my invention.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- The shouldered knockers D, provided with studs for riveting, andbearings (l for the journals of the mane-comb, open at one end, andclosed, as at d', at the other, all substantially as specified.

1n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARREN T. KELLOGG.

Witnesses: i I

D. P. HoLLowAY, B. Enw. J. EILs.

